Work
experience |
|
Oct. 2017 - present |
BioStrata Marketing, Histon
(Cambridge) Science Writer I produce different types of copy on science and technology. |
April
2017 - July 2017 |
Cambridge Farmers' Outlet, Cambridge Online sales I assisted in running an online business and a physical shop which involved sourcing suppliers, creating product listings on different platforms, customer service and instructing staff. I also assisted my boss with other tasks as they came up. |
Nov.
2016
- Jan. 2017 |
Department of
Chemistry, University of Cambridge Post-Doctoral research assistant under supervision of Prof. Dobson working on Parkinson’s Disease, mainly using high resolution microscopy and micro capillaries to study macromolecular protein assemblies. |
Oct. 2012 - Sept. 2016 |
Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge PhD student under supervision of Prof. Dobson working on molecular origins of Parkinson’s Disease using various techniques, mainly: recombinant protein expression and purification, high resolution microscopy, bulk aggregation assays and circular dichroism. |
April
2012 - June 2012 |
Department of Immunology,
Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm Research assistant in immunology working on Fibromyalgia performing mostly flow cytometry analyses on patient blood cells. |
Sept.
2011 - March 2012 |
Department of Cell Biology,
Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm Research assistant in cell biology studying the role of a chromatin remodelling complex in alternative splicing using cell culture, ChIP, Western blot, siRNA, PCR. |
2006 |
Leenart &
Heemskerk, Utrecht, the Netherlands Customer contact employee Summer job in customer service handling in-bound and out-bound calls for a cable- and internet provider and a medical billing service. |
2003
- 2004 |
Italia Boulevard,
Almelo, the Netherlands Waitress Evening/weekend job at this ice cream parlour selling ice cream, hot beverages and serving the terrace. I was also responsible for cleaning the kitchen and terrace. |
2003 |
Hong Hua, Almelo,
the Netherlands Phone operator Evening/weekend job taking take-out orders and processing them at this Chinese restaurant. |
Teaching and
volunteering experience |
|
2017
- present |
Project
Access Support Since March 2017 I am involved in Project Access where I've signed up as a mentor to guide (prospective) students with their university applications to top-ranking universities. I am also involved by supporting the running of the local organisation. |
2014
- 2015 |
Cambridge University Nanotechnology
Society Committee member I had several responsibilities including designing and maintaining the website, photographing some of our events and updating social media. |
2013
- 2014 |
Cambridge University Astronomical
Society Webmaster I maintained our website, designed several promotional materials, scanned and organised some of the society's archive, photographed our events, updated social media and edited/designed our printed newsletter. |
2011
- 2012 |
Stockholm Student Union English tutor I helped students with academic writing and general conversation skills. |
Febr.
2010 |
Department of Anatomy and
Embryology, AMC, Amsterdam Teaching assistant teaching early embryology to undergraduate students. This was combined with a didactic research project to asses the course material and to study whether student characteristics correlated with results. I achieved this by using a questionnaire and interviews. |